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Page 56
... Williams — Captain Williams of the Lion , which he part owned ; a man of some note for the dinners he gave on board his ship . His eyes sparkled blue and very round in a round rosy face , and he clawed effusively at my arm . 66 Well ...
... Williams — Captain Williams of the Lion , which he part owned ; a man of some note for the dinners he gave on board his ship . His eyes sparkled blue and very round in a round rosy face , and he clawed effusively at my arm . 66 Well ...
Page 57
... Williams be- came more and more pressing with his offers of help . " It's the devil that my missus should be on board , just this trip . But hang it ! come and dine with me . I'll get some of the Kingston men — the regular hot men — to ...
... Williams be- came more and more pressing with his offers of help . " It's the devil that my missus should be on board , just this trip . But hang it ! come and dine with me . I'll get some of the Kingston men — the regular hot men — to ...
Page 74
... Williams on board the Lion , and I rose to my feet . There did not seem to be any chance of my talking to the young girl . She was once more leaning nonchalantly over the lizard , and her hair drooped right across her face like clusters ...
... Williams on board the Lion , and I rose to my feet . There did not seem to be any chance of my talking to the young girl . She was once more leaning nonchalantly over the lizard , and her hair drooped right across her face like clusters ...
Page 228
... Williams , who had gone into his wife's stateroom . The name struck me . I said : " Is this ship the Lion ? " 66 Aye , aye . That's her . She is , " several seamen answered to- gether , casting curious glances from their work . " Tell ...
... Williams , who had gone into his wife's stateroom . The name struck me . I said : " Is this ship the Lion ? " 66 Aye , aye . That's her . She is , " several seamen answered to- gether , casting curious glances from their work . " Tell ...
Page 233
... Williams , " was all I found to say to him . He had a constrained air , and shook hands in awkward silence . " How do you do ? " he said hurriedly . After a moment he addded , with a sort of confused , as if official air , " I hope ...
... Williams , " was all I found to say to him . He had a constrained air , and shook hands in awkward silence . " How do you do ? " he said hurriedly . After a moment he addded , with a sort of confused , as if official air , " I hope ...
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Page 41 - Here's the mahn ye were speerin' after. Here's Macdonald." It was the voice of Barnes, and the voice of the every day. I discovered that I had been tremendously upset. The pulses in my temples were throbbing, and I wanted to shut my eyes — to sleep! I was tired; Romance had departed. Barnes and the Macdonald he had found for me represented all the laborious insects of the world; all the ants who are forever hauling immensely heavy and immensely unimportant burdens up weary hillocks, down steep...